Comparison

Mareas vs Tide Times & Tide Chart

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Mareas

Access tide information for Spanish ports offline. View tide status, current height, and upcoming high/low tides. Includes home screen widgets and Apple Watch support.

Highlights
  • Offline tide data for Spanish ports
  • Current tide status (rising/falling)
  • Tide height and coefficients
  • Upcoming high and low tides
  • Home screen and lock screen widgets
  • Apple Watch companion app
  • Siri integration for tide queries
Features
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Mareas es una aplicación que te permite consultar rápidamente las mareas en cualquiera de los puertos españoles. Rápidamente podrás consultar el estado de la marea (subiendo / bajando), la altura actual, e información sobre los coeficientes, próximas pleamar y bajamar. La aplicación funciona de forma offline, por lo que no necesitarás conexión a internet en ningún momento. Mareas ofrece widgets para la pantalla de inicio y la pantalla de bloqueo para que puedas consultar en todo momento el estado de la marea sin necesidad de abrir la aplicación, así como una versión para Apple Watch. También podrás consultar a Siri el estado y altura de la marea y te dará la respuesta. ** Los datos de la aplicación son los proporcionados de forma pública por el Instituto Hidrográfico de la Marina, publicados en el Anuario de Mareas del año en curso. **

About

Tide Times & Tide Chart

Get real-time tide information, forecasts for the next seven days, and sea conditions. Plan your coastal activities with detailed tide tables, fishing times, and alerts for high and low tides. Ideal for anglers, surfers, and beach enthusiasts.

Highlights
  • Real-time tide height and trend
  • 7-day tide table and chart
  • Solunar fishing times
  • Sea temperature and wave data
  • Customizable tide alerts
  • Save favorite coastal spots
Features
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See what the tide is doing right now and for the next seven days: the height this minute, whether it is rising or falling, a countdown to the next high and low, and a clean 7-day tide table you can plan around. Tide Times & Tide Chart is built for anglers, surfers, paddlers, clam diggers, beachcombers and anyone who times a day at the coast around the water. TIDE NOW • Current height above mean sea level, rising / falling / slack • Today's tide curve with a NOW marker • Countdown, time and height of the next high and the next low • Beachcombing window when a low tide in the next 12 hours exposes the shore • Sunrise and sunset SEA NOW • Water temperature, wave height, wave period and swell for the spot you are viewing • °C or °F follows your metres / feet choice SOLUNAR FISHING TIMES • Two major periods (moon overhead and underfoot, about 2 hours each) and the minor periods around moonrise and moonset (about 1 hour) • The period running now, or the next one, is highlighted • Traditional angling guidance from the moon's position, not a promise of bites 7-DAY TIDE TABLE • Every high and low for seven days, grouped by day, with a 7-day chart showing day and night and wave height • Lowest daylight low tides: each day's lowest low that falls in daylight, ranked, so you can pick the day for rock-pooling, clamming or walking the flats • Tap any high or low to pin a reminder before it (up to 8 pins) SPOTS AND ALERTS • Search any coast by name and save up to 10 spots; plan the weekend from home • If a place has no tide data (usually inland), the app shows the nearest port in its list that does, with the distance, and switches to it in one tap • High-tide and low-tide alerts 30, 60 or 120 minutes ahead COAST • Spring / neap indicator from the moon phase, today's tide range and tide coefficient • Metres or feet everywhere; share a tide report as text HOW IT WORKS Tides, waves and water temperature come from the Open-Meteo marine forecast model for the position you choose, up to seven days ahead. No account or sign-up. Without a connection the app shows a clearly marked sample curve, not real tides. A NOTE ON ACCURACY Heights and times are model estimates above mean sea level, not readings from a local harbour gauge and not chart datum. Exact highs and lows can differ at your beach, in coves and in estuaries. This app is a planning aid and is not for navigation.

Screenshots

Mareas2 screens
Tide Times & Tide Chart3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Mareas at none against Tide Times & Tide Chart's shown. Mareas also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and device support (4 vs 1). Tide Times & Tide Chart's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 71%). On price, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mareas ships an update every 3 months, Tide Times & Tide Chart every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 3 level
Mareas versus Tide Times & Tide Chart: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMareasTide Times & Tide Chart
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB84 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperRuben Fernandezheekyung moon

Customer experience

Mareas

Written reviews14 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral14.3%
Negative14.3%

Tide Times & Tide Chart

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Mareas

No in-app purchases

None

Tide Times & Tide Chart

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mareas free?
Mareas is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tide Times & Tide Chart free?
Tide Times & Tide Chart is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mareas or Tide Times & Tide Chart have ads?
Tide Times & Tide Chart shows ads; Mareas does not.
Which is updated more often, Mareas or Tide Times & Tide Chart?
Mareas ships an update every 3 months, and Tide Times & Tide Chart every 4 days. Most recently, Mareas was updated on November 7, 2026 and Tide Times & Tide Chart on November 10, 2026.

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